Category: Nimitta

This is why I try to consistently translate nimitta as “sign” everywhere.Because you lose the connection to the Pāḷi word if you translate a subtle English meaning in each context,such as these in the DPD dictionary: Every one of those is a defensible rendering in its own context.That is exactly the problem.Eight different English words…

This is one of the most important suttas there is,as far as giving you the power tools to address the root causes of greed,anger, delusion, and the 5 hindrances. Other religions give you what sounds like good advice —“turn the other cheek”, “lust is a sin” — but they don’t actuallygive you the tools to…